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By Srijit Das An old video of a polling agent illegally casting votes for two women has resurfaced with a false claim that the incident is recent and happened during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. BOOM found that the video is at least five years old and unrelated to the current polls. The video has been circulating on the internet since May, 2019. In the 28 seconds long video, a woman can be seen entering into the area where electronic voting machines are kept. Another woman, who appears to be a polling agent, is also observed at the kiosk where only voters are allowed. The woman then direct...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar An old video of Congress leader and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath, claiming he promised a mosque and the reinstatement of Article 370 to Muslims in a meeting, is a deepfake. BOOM found that the audio in the clip, claiming to be that of Kamal Nath, is an audio voice clone and not his own voice. In the viral video, Nath can be seen talking to a group of people most of them Muslims. The overlaid audio claims, "I have been thinking for a long time that I should talk to you. But please understand that this should not leave the room. We are very worried...
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By Anmol Alphonso A set of photos claiming to show an opinion poll survey conducted by the polling agency Axis My India on the Lok Sabha 2024 elections are fake, and have not been released by the agency. The photos falsely claim to show leaked documents of Axis My India projecting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be losing seats they had previously held to the I.N.D.I.A alliance and would fall short of the majority mark of 272 seats in parliament. BOOM spoke to Axis My India who denied the viral claim and stated that they haven't released any opinion poll survey as being claimed. Th...
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By Srijit Das An old video from Uttar Pradesh has resurfaced with a false claim that it shows locals in Gujarat attacking a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) convoy ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. BOOM debunked the same video in 2021 when it was viral with similar false claims. We had reached out to the Agra Police social media cell, who confirmed that the clash took place between supporters of two BJP leaders on December 7, 2021. In the video several people can be seen vandalising a convoy of cars with stones and sticks. A few of the vehicles carry BJP's party flag. The video is being peddled wi...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old photo of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Congress President Sonia Gandhi in a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being shared on social media with the false claim that Sonia Gandhi was heading the meeting despite Manmohan Singh being the Prime Minister of India. BOOM found that the viral photo is from October 2019, when Manmohan Singh wasn't the Prime Minister and the Bangladesh PM had met with a delegation of Congress leaders during her visit to India. The viral photo is being shared with the caption when translated reads, "Once th...
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By Nidhi Jacob A recent viral post on social media claiming that regional political parties received a greater share of donations through electoral bonds compared to the Bharatiya Janata Party is misleading. Political Kida, a pro-right-wing social media page, pushed out a post on Instagram, X and Facebook, in response to India Today's news anchor Rajdeep Sardesai's post. Sardesai had stated that the BJP received the majority of electoral bond funds over the past decade. In contrast, Political Kida posted a graphic aiming to show the "reality" of the electoral bond distribution, claiming that r...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court on Thursday said the Election Commission was bound by duty to act in a fair manner, abide by the Constitutional framework and follow court directions since it held the fate of democracy in its hands. “An Election Commission which does not ensure free and fair poll as per the rules of the game guarantees the breakdown of the foundation of the rule of law,” the court said. The five-judge bench pointed out, “A person who is in a state of obligation or is indebted to who appointed him fails the nation and can have no place in the process of election which forms the ver...
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By Ritika Jain In the run up to the Lok Sabha elections next year, the Supreme Court delivered a crucial verdict that called for the appointment of the Chief Election Commission and Election Commissioners by a high-powered committee that included the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition (or leader of the single largest opposition party) and Chief Justice of India. The system proposed is similar to that of the committee constituted for the appointment of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director. A five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bos...
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